Finger-bowl.



No. 664,525- Ptented Dec. 25, won. 8. BLAGDEN.

"FINGER BOWL.

iApplication meg Sept. 5, 1900.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILLIMAN BLAGDEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FING ER-BOWL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,525, dated December25, 1900. Application filed September 5, 1900. Serial No. 29,039. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILLIMAN BLAGDEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Boston, in the county of Sufiolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful ImprovedFinger-Bowl, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in finger-bowls whereby theuser may observe whether the face is soiled by food and in the case ofmen. whether there is food adhering to the mustache or beard.

This invention is carried out by so constructing a finger-bowl that theuser may see in the finger-bowl the reflection of so much of the face,mustache, or heard as to ascertain whether food is adhering thereto andthereupon remove it. By this means the face, mustache, or beard may bekept clean while eating and the unconscious unsightly appearance of foodclinging to the face, mus

- tache, or heard avoided.

The invention consists in a finger-bowl constructed as hereinafter setforth and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a finger-bowl, illustrating theinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof.

1 indicates a finger-bowl, which. may be of any suitable shape, theinvention not being limited to the form and shape shown.

The bowl 1 is provided with a number of mirrors 2, located in its sidesand bottom. The bowl 1 is formed in a mold which forms indentations inthe glass of the bowl where the mirrors are to be located. The mirrorsare then placed and held in the indentations and permanently secured inplace by blowing glass over them, so as to shut them in and hermeticallyseal them, but so that they will still reflect perfectly well throughthe enveloping covering 3 of glass. The mirrors2 may reflect on bothsides of the bowl, if desired, or only on the inside.

The sides of the bowl are preferably formed at such an angleas, forexample, that shown-as to place the mirrors in a convenient position forthe observer to readily see himself. In addition to the advantageshereinbefore set forth of a finger-bowl so constructed the mirrors givea highly ornamental eifect to the bowl.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. As a new article ofmanufacture, a finger-bowl constructed with a number of mirrors embeddedtherein and covered with glass, as herein set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a finger-bowl formed withindentations and provided with mirrors located in said indentations andcovered and hermetically sealed with glass blown over said mirrors, asherein set forth.

Signed at Bethlehem, in the county of Grafton and State of NewHampshire, this 29th day of August, A. D. 1900.

SILLIMAN BLAGDEN.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN TUCKER, F. H. ABBOTT, V WILLIAM E. EDMONSTON.

